Part of the Global Plot to Expose Moonbats, conspiracy nuts, and anti-Semites, especially the Jewish anti-Semitic variety.
The leftwing Neo-Nazi web magazine Counterpunch has described Plaut thus: "One of the most pernicious writers is Steven Plaut, a man who could be thought of as Israel's Daniel Pipes."

Sunday, January 09, 2011

"People of Odor"

1. The Headline in Hebrew Announced that "Anshei Ruach" or "Peopleof Spirit" (the Hebrew term for intellectuals) were denouncing theKnesset move to demand transparency and disclosure regarding thefunding sources of the anti-Israel Far Left organizations. The termshould have been spelled slightly different: "Anshei Ray-ach" orPeople of Odor.

The signers include leading figures from the Tenured Left and theLiterary Left, the latter being the very same people now demandingthat the government fix minimum prices for books in book stores sothat the authors can collect more royalties.

Israeli intellectuals decry Knesset plan to investigate Leftist groupsIn letter sent to all Knesset members, signatories say investigationof citizens by elected officials signals the end of democracy.By Jonathan LisA group of Israeli intellectuals has sent a letter to all Knessetmembers decrying the intent to establish a parliamentary committee ofinquiry into Israeli human rights groups.The group includes a number of Israel Prize laureates, among themprofessors Yehuda Bauer, Chaim Adler, Yermiyahu Yovel and MichaUllman, Shulamit Aloni, David Tartakover, Danny Karavan and Ram Loevy.Signatories also include Prof. Haim Ben-Shahar, Prof. Yaron Ezrahi,the painter Yair Garboz, Prof. David Harel and authors Ronit Matalon,Sami Michael, Yehoshua Sobol, Sefi Rachlevsky and Yoram Kaniuk."Last week, the Knesset raised its hand against democracy in Israel,"the letter states, adding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hadencouraged the initiative by imposing faction discipline on the vote."He, and each of the 41 MKs who voted for the establishment of apolitical committee to hunt the human rights organizations, will beremembered as being the ones who attempted to smash what is left ofdemocracy in Israel and impose a fascist regime. What is worse, only17 MKs bothered to try to stop the destruction. Each and every MK whodid not find time to oppose the initiative to end democracy in Israelbears personal responsibility for the disaster. A black flag now fliesabove the legislature in Israel."The letter also states that in a democracy citizens are sovereign, andthe task of elected officials is to supervise the work of thegovernment. "When elected officials, even led by the prime minister,seek to investigate citizens, democracy ends," the document said.The letter ends by saying that if the committee is established, "thegovernment in Israel will lose the last of its legitimacy. All itsactivities, its laws and its demands of its citizens will be patentlyillegal. Thus, the obligation of citizens in a democracy to respectits laws will be fundamentally undermined."

2. Looking for 155 Ideas of people who should be Boycotted?Here is a great list:

155 Members of the Tenured Left call for Boycott of Ariel University

Could they be after the budgets granted to Ariel?

Note how the Haaretz piece emphasizes that "Israel Prize Winners" areamong those signing. In reality, this just illustrates how the awardprocess for Israel prizes has been politicized and captured by theanti-Israel radical Left, which then awards the prizes to otherleftist extremists.

The signatories state that Ariel was an illegal settlement whoseexistence contravened international law and the Geneva Convention. "Itwas established for the sole purpose of preventing the Palestiniansfrom creating an independent state and thus preventing us, citizens ofIsrael, from having the chance to ever live in peace in this region."

The petition was initiated and organized by Nir Gov of the WeizmannInstitute's Department of Chemical Physics. Unlike other suchinitiatives, over a third of the list's signatories are from thenatural and exact sciences.

3. The Obama people have gone to court to get a writ issued by afederal judge that orders web servers in the US to reveal the emailaccounts of Wikileaks.

No need to wait for the actual headline – here is an advancenotice of tomorrow's Haaretz headline: "Fascism, Racism andMcCarthyism breaking out all over the US"